RE: parent-child interaction tool

["Marilee Comfort" <comfortconsults@xxxxxxxxx>]

Regarding the request for a parent-child interaction tool................

 

The Parent/Caregiver Interaction Scale ( Farran, Kasari, Comfort, & Jay, 1986) is a global rating scale designed to assess 11 caregiver behaviors during play interactions with a child 3 months through 5 years in terms of the amount, quality, and appropriateness of each behavior. The 38 ratings are set on 5-point scales with behavioral anchors at the odd points.  There is a training videotape and workbook.  It has been used primarily in research studies with 15-20 minute videotapes of caregiver-child interaction, shows satisfactory inter-rater reliability and validity, and has been used in a number of peer-reviewed publications.  With the support of a small business grant from NICHD, I am developing a distance learning program for staff training on the P/CIS. 

 

Concurrently, I am developing a shorter provider-friendly scale, based on the P/CIS, for caregiving assessment and intervention.  It will be comprised of approximately 12 global ratings of caregiver behaviors that are specifically relevant to intervention.  I have been conducting focus groups with local Early Head Starts, Family Support and Healthy Families Programs, and Early Intervention programs to tailor the items to the needs of service providers working with young children and their families.

 

If you would like further information, please contact me.  

Marilee   

 

Marilee Comfort, PhD, MPH
Comfort Consults
1383 Creek Road
Cheyney, PA 19319
Tel/Fax: 610-455-1463
Cell Tel: 610-212-1667
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From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lori Friedman
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:23 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: parent-child interaction tool

Am wondering if anyone can provide any suggestions for a tool that measures parent-child interaction for toddlers up to 5 years of age.  Looking for a  tool (other than the Child Abuse Potential or NCAST) that is easy to administer, not too expensive and can be implemented by both professionals and paraprofessionals.

 

Any information or ideas greatly appreciated.

Lori Friedman

Prevent Child Abuse America

lfriedman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:34:42 -0500 (EST)
From: MARILEE COMFORT/PEDIATRICS
To: Sharon Carnahan
Subject: Re: Measurement of PArenting


Hello Sharon: I saw your message on the child maltreatment listserv. I
am one of the authors of a parent-child interaction observational rating
scale, the Parent/Caregiver Involvement Scale, that assess the caregiver's
contribution to free play with young children under 6 years of age.
Unlike the NCAST, the scoring is set on a 5-point scale with behavioral
anchors and measures the Amount, Quality, and Appropropriateness of 11
interactive behaviors with the child. There is a videotape and workbook
for staff training. I recommend facilitated training (which I have been
providing for more than 10 years) to ensure that the training and
administration are adapted to your particular program needs. Within
the past few years I have provided training for faculty and staff at
Temple U. to use the P/CIS for evaluations of an adolescent parenting
program, and a fathers support program within a local HeadStart, a
home visiting family intervention program fat Phila. Child Guidance for
children at risk for developmental problems, and Catholic Charities of
Boston for a variety of family support programs.

If you are interested in more information, please feel free to contact me
by e-mail or phone (215/955-1954) in Philadelphia.


On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Sharon Carnahan wrote:

> I am searching for good measures of parenting skill and parent child
> interaction to use in a Healthy Families America program. The measure
> would be used by paraprofessionals, or possibly by social workers. We
> are currently using the NCAST but the training upkeep is beginning to
> make the measure untenable. Our clients are 1-5 years old; their
> mothers are mostly poor, all urban, and about 40% adolescents. We want
> to find measures that lend themselves to use for both outcomes (good at
> identifying change) and internvention (clear skills are measured & could
> be taught.) SUggestions?
>
> Sharon Carnahan, Ph.D.
> (407) 646-2548
> carnahan@xxxxxxxxxxx
>